Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Mar 1998 07:50:31 +0100 (MET) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.91 swap performance: jerky. |
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On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, mlord wrote:
> the "cached" value suddenly starts getting bigger, > as the system nearly halts while dumping stuff en masse > to the swap partition. > > "cached" climbs to about 32MB of my 64MB total SDRAM, > and then a flurry of reverse activity kicks in.. > the "cached" value drops again, as pages are read back > in and response returns to the previously comatose system. > > "cached" levels off again around 2-5MB, until I start some > new big application, whence the whole scenario repeats. > > VERY jerky behaviour.
I'll check it out, right after the weekend...
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